CashNews.co Dublin, Sept. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The “Japan Embedded Finance Business and Investment Opportunities Databook – 75+ KPIs on Embedded Lending, Insurance, Payment, and Wealth Segments – Q2 2024 Update” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The embedded finance industry in Japan is expected to grow by 15.7% annually to reach US$8.89 […]
CashNews.co TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s economy grew at an annual rate of 2.9%, slower than the earlier report for 3.1% growth, in the April-June period, boosted by better wages and spending, revised government data showed Monday. That shows clear risks remain, including U.S. economic growth, which greatly affects export-reliant Japan. Political uncertainty in Japan is […]
CashNews.co THE Bank of Japan (BOJ) is still in a position to hike rates again by the end of the year given that recent market turmoil has not had a lasting impact, according to a former senior official at Japan’s financial watchdog. “Although the market experienced some turbulence in the past one, two months, I […]
CashNews.co TOKYO — Japanese companies are seeking to buy ever-larger foreign companies in their hunt for growth as their home market continues to shrink, according to investment bankers. “In general, the necessity of Japanese companies going outbound has not really changed fundamentally,” said Yoshinobu Agu, the head of mergers and acquisitions at Citi in Tokyo. […]
CashNews.co Ministry of Finance. (Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) — Japan posted a current account surplus of 3.19 trillion yen ($22.4 billion) in July, a record high for the month, on the back of an increase in foreign investment returns, the Finance Ministry said Monday. Primary income, […]
CashNews.co (Bloomberg) — Hong Kong-based Sengu Capital Ltd. is starting a new hedge fund focused on improving corporate management in Japan, tapping into the country’s financial market revival. Most Read from Bloomberg The company will start trading for the fund in early October, Chief Investment Officer Yoshihiko Ohira and Chief Operating Officer Xavier Fanjaud said […]
CashNews.co (Bloomberg) — Hong Kong-based Sengu Capital Ltd. is starting a new hedge fund focused on improving corporate management in Japan, tapping into the country’s financial market revival. The company will start trading for the fund in early October, Chief Investment Officer Yoshihiko Ohira and Chief Operating Officer Xavier Fanjaud said in an interview. The […]
CashNews.co By Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s economy expanded in April-June at a slightly slower pace than initially reported, largely due to downward revisions in corporate and personal spending, government data showed on Monday. Japan’s GDP expanded by an annualised 2.9% in the second quarter from the previous three months, the Cabinet Office’s revised data […]
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CashNews.co By Mariko Katsumura, Scott Murdoch and Kane Wu TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese retail giant Seven & i Holdings said on Friday it had turned down Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard’s $38.5 billion cash bid, rejecting an offer that would be the largest-ever foreign buyout of a Japanese company. 7-Eleven operator Seven & i said the takeover proposal […]